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Antrim<br />

Dunsilly, Co. Antrim<br />

Early Medieval Raised Enclosure<br />

Grid Ref: J14088890 (31408/38890)<br />

SMR No. ANT 050:003<br />

Excavation Licence: N/A<br />

Excavation Duration/Year: Summer 1974; Summer 1975.<br />

Site Director: T. E. McNeill (Queen’s University, Belfast).<br />

Excavation was undertaken on a motte prior to its destruction and revealed a number <strong>of</strong><br />

phases <strong>of</strong> occupation. <strong>The</strong> earliest phases <strong>of</strong> the site are represented by ephemeral remains<br />

<strong>of</strong> circular structures, and a stone-built hearth (Fig. 29). This phase <strong>of</strong> (possibly) unenclosed<br />

dwellings is succeeded by the construction <strong>of</strong> an enclosure bank with an internal revetment<br />

or stone kerb. In a later phase <strong>of</strong> construction, a rectangular house was constructed (Fig.<br />

30), using the interior bank as a supporting wall. <strong>The</strong> site then appears to have been<br />

abandoned for a time, before being modified into an Anglo-Norman motte.<br />

Finds from the site were dominated by souterrain ware (420 sherds), as well as a few objects<br />

<strong>of</strong> glass and lignite.<br />

Fig. 29: Plan <strong>of</strong> pre-enclosure B Phase at Dunsilly, Co. Antrim (after McNeill 1991-2, 83).<br />

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